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“Kentucky Moonrise,” by photographer, Alexey Stiop won first place at the Kentucky Past and Present photography show at Gallery 104 in La Grange. Kentucky Past and Present, the Arts Association of Oldham County’s (AAOC) 6th annual photography show and contest, runs through Aug. 8 at Gallery 104. Chaired by AAOC President E. Ann Stroth, this juried exhibit is a photography show open to any artist to create Kentucky-themed photos. This year’s exhibit features 27 works by 12 artists.

Thirty-one contestants representing local scholarship pageants from across the state will be vying for the title of Miss Kentucky 2015 and this year one of the semi-finalists will be determined by the public, rather than the panel of judges.

The Oldham County Post #39 American Legion usually hosts an informal meeting on the third Saturday of each month at which Post members meet for an informal pay your own way breakfast. Due to a conflict with Oldham County Day, the Post will not have a breakfast on July 18, but will resume the activity in August.

Construction began Thursday on a two-story observation tower to be installed on the corner of Main and Cedar Streets in downtown La Grange.
The project, led by Discover Downtown La Grange (DDL), was designed by former mayor Bill Lammlein and will be used as a station to observe trains that pass through the city.
The idea came to DDL, because of the many tourists who come from all over the country and in some cases, the world, to take photos of the trains passing through the historic town.

In its regular commission meeting, the City of Goshen approved the 2015-16 fiscal year budget and tax ordinance last Monday.
The second reading of the budget came after three controversial meetings beginning May 12.
In May’s regular meeting, citizens raised their voices in concern at the “incompetence” of the commission and its inability to appropriate the city’s money.
After a few budget meetings, the commission finally agreed on amendments in the proposed budget and a first reading was held June 8.

Last July, former La Grange Mayor Bill Lammlein ordered the killing of 22 geese in Wilborn Park. Since that controversial decision, an ad-hoc committee was created to come up with a solution for the geese overpopulation and droppings.
Last week, youth from La Grange Baptist Church built one of those solutions — a picket fence around the pavilion in the park in an effort to keep the geese out.
The fence was built in a u-shape with one end open for people to enter and exit.

It’s not uncommon that when a child is sick unexpectedly, a parent must take off work sometimes a full day to take their child to an urgent care facility or to the emergency room because their primary care doctor isn’t available. And with the high price of medical insurance premiums, some patients don’t see their doctors as much as they wish they could.
A solution to both of these problems may be found at a new family doctor’s office located in Crestwood.

After eight years in La Grange, The Learning Garden Preschool and Child Development Center has begun construction on the expansion of their building on Commerce Parkway.
The expanded facility will add two additional classrooms making the facility 12,000 square feet. According to executive director and owner Raquel Ritschel, it’s in anticipation of population growth.